Beer-cooler



(No Model.) 1 G. M. NEWMAN.

- BEERGOOLER.

Patentedl Sept. 12

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UNITED STATES PATENT (DEEICE.

GEORGE M. NEWMAN, OF GORSIGANA, TEXAS.

BEER-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,330, datedSeptember 12, 1882.

Application filed .Tune 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. NEWMAN, of Corsicana, in the county ofNavarro and State of Texas, have invented certain nevi7 and usefulImprovements in Beer-Coolers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form apart of this specilication, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my improved device for coolingbeer. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectionalview of the same, showing its application and Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse section through the semi-spherical cooling-chamber. l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to devices for cooling beer, cider, and otherbeverages that are sold from the keg or barrel on draft; and it consistsin the detailed construction and arrangement of a cooling-chamber orrefrigerator which is adapted to be attached to the faucet of the keg orbarrel containing the beverage, substantially as hereinafter more 'u-llyde.

scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A. repre.- sents a keg, and B the faucetfor drawing oli' its contents. The latter has a screw-threaded cap ormouth-piece, C, which lits the threaded coupling-sleeve D ot' a benttube, E, which leads into one end of the semi-spherical orsemi-elliptical cooling-chamber F. The latter is made of thin sheetmetal, its bottomfconsisting of a single tlat plate or sheet ot' thinmetal, While its rounded walls and top part are constructed ofelliptical sections f', overlapping one another and soldered together attheir overlapping edges. At each end of the chamber is a re-enforcingplate or shield,f2.

G is the outlet-faucet, which projects out through the wall or sideofthe ice-box H. The latter is made with double sides andbottom, packedwith sawdust, charcoal, chaff, or similar non-conducting material, andcontains a sufficient quantity ot' ice to cover the chamberF. thischamber, the peculiar shape of which provides a large coolingsurtace.The inlet E and outlet G being ot' equal capacity, the beer, as it isdrawn from the keg, will run over the thin ilat bottomfin a thin sheetor stre-am, which is quickly chilled from the ice below, on which theHat bottomfrests, and at the same time the bulging top part of thechamber will be constantly filled with ice-cold air, which chills thestream as it runs across chamber F from above. Hence by the peculiarconstruction of this cooling-chamber F, as shown, I succeed ineft'ectually chilling the beverage as it passes through it, and with a.great saving of ice, as only the chamber F, and not the keg or barrel,is packed in ice.

I am aware of the Patents Nos. 212,951, of 1879, 154,709, ot' 1874, and115,850, ot' 1871, and neither ot' these constructions are sought to becovered in this application. The enlarged cooling-case F, having theform shown, embodies the important feature of this invention.

l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- Thedescribed cooling attachment for beer or other kegs containingbeverages, consisting of the chamber F, of thin sheet metal, having alatbottom, f, and semi-spherical or semielliptical top part,f, and providedwith an inlet, E, and outlet-faucet G, flush with the flat bottomf, incombination with the icebox H, keg-faucet B C, and coupling D,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence ot two Witnesses.

GEORGEV MORTON NEW MAN.

Vitnesses:

J. M. McGAMMoN, J oHN P. CLARK.

The beer, as it is drawn, passes through

